Belgian minister says arrest video is funny, not racist

Belgium’s migration minister defended a spoof video in which he is shown helping to arrest a black man, saying the clip is funny, not racist, and denouncing political correctness.

In the clip, created by a graphic designer, Theo Francken is shown being lowered from a helicopter and putting a suction cup on the head of a black man who is then lifted into the sky. The clip claims to be promoting a “zero tolerance” approach on migration and asylum.

Francken later commented on his own post, writing: “Filing a complaint against this ironic video? I don’t think so. (…) So every video in which a non-white person is arrested is racist? Political correctness has no borders.”

The post was deleted from his Facebook page Monday evening.

Francken’s office refused to comment, saying the video was supposed to be funny.

Tommy

Daniel F.

It IS funny. And it’s also a bit racist.
He indeed should have foreseen the backlash.

Posted on 9/28/16 | 8:59 AM CET

Olaf

Political correctness here I come! Go to any Muslim country and see what they do to foreigners, and even worse to their own people of different ethnical or religious ground. Just start live in reality not in the leftist ideal Big Brother world.